The movie Begners stars Ewan McGregor as a young man who learns that his 75-year-old father, played by Christopher Plummer, is gay. The movie is based on filmmaker Mike Mills' own life. Mills explas what happened when his own dad me out.
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- 'BEGNERS': A SON'S 'LOVE LETTER' TO HIS GAY FATHER
- EWAN MCGREGOR REVEALS WHY HE TOOK GAY ROLE 'HALSTON' AMID BACKLASH
- WATCH: EWAN MCGREGOR GETS TO KNOW HIS GAY FATHER ‘BEGNERS’
- EWAN MCGREGOR TALKS ‘BEGNERS’ AND GAY ROL: “I’M TERTED SEXUALY AND SEX, RELATNSHIPS AND LOVE AND WHAT MAK TICK.”
'BEGNERS': A SON'S 'LOVE LETTER' TO HIS GAY FATHER
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Six months later, Mills' father — a 75-year-old retired mm director — announced that he's gay. The movie stars Ewan McGregor as a graphic signer whose 75-year-old father, played by Christopher Plummer, has jt e out and wants to experience the gay life he nied himself when he was married.
EWAN MCGREGOR REVEALS WHY HE TOOK GAY ROLE 'HALSTON' AMID BACKLASH
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WATCH: EWAN MCGREGOR GETS TO KNOW HIS GAY FATHER ‘BEGNERS’
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EWAN MCGREGOR TALKS ‘BEGNERS’ AND GAY ROL: “I’M TERTED SEXUALY AND SEX, RELATNSHIPS AND LOVE AND WHAT MAK TICK.”
Based on the real-life experienc of filmmaker Mike Mills, Begners (openg June 3 limed release) stars Ewan McGregor as Oliver, the only son of a recently widowed man who out as gay at age 75.
At 81, the prolific Christopher Plummer plays Oliver's dad, Hal, who, only five years before his own ath, mak a big splash the gay social scene and sr a much younger boyiend. No stranger to queer cema -- the 40-year-old St has played gay or bisexual such films as The Pillow Book, Velvet Goldme, and last year's I Love You Phillip Morris -- McGregor opens up to The Advote about his personal g-out stori and his optimistic asssment of the morn gay You obvly have much more experience wh gay rol than your Begners star, Christopher Plummer.